Adirondack Bureau Chief to Jon Stewart: Come Work for NPR

Brian Mann's arguments make a lot of sense.

NCPRRadioLogoFun blog post today from Brian Mann, Adirondack bureau chief for North County Public Radio (NCPR) in Canton, New York.

He starts off by admitting that NPR is generally terrible at being funny. Which, in the case of exiting Daily Show host Jon Stewart, might actually be a good thing. Mann argues that Stewart’s evolution as a journalist has gradually shifted over the years, adding increasing amounts of gravitas to go along with the goofing. Then comes Mann’s “humble invitation:”

Why not come home to the place where grown-up, hard, civil conversations are happening every day about exactly the things that Jon Stewart thinks we need to be talking about? Here’s a reality.

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